Tag: Life
Posts about me
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Hey, I can embed a pace calculator!!!
But will I ever use it?
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Unexpected Phoenix
I was supposed to fly to Seattle today. But the airlines seem to be having issues keeping up with -or maybe just adjusting to- the change in demand. COVID was over for like a month, and now we’re back in masks, so that’s hard to plan for. Ok, totally off topic now.
…I was on my to Seattle to do work, and we have a layover in Phoenix. Like five minutes before boarding the plane to Seattle, the flight gets canceled. They said the plane was broken, so better than letting us on it, for sure. So we get to working with the travel department, airline tells me the earliest is leaving at 11am the next day. Travel Department person called and they gave her an 8am, so I guess that’s how she earns a paycheck. lol.
So we went to this place called Snakes and Lattes to play board games. This terraform Mars game was cool.
Also need to get a game called Fluxx. It’s a card game where you the cards you play make the rules. Tons of fun.
Also, ordered from Cornish Pasty. I had a wonderful Chicken Tiki Masala Pasty, and some bacon wrapped meat balls. The meatballs were served on a bed of onions that were seasoned with mustard. Real heckin good.
This mf right here. This should be my last meal 
Meatballs and mustard onions. I forget the actual name. Oh, and palm trees and cactus or cacti.
The water was so hot it wasn’t even refreshing. 
8am flight to Seattle… I hope!
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Hanging with the nephew
We played Rocket League for a bit. Went to Big Biscuit, went to his swimming lessons. Good day so far.
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Shaved head and face
Did it at the same time. I’m planning on seeing how long I can go without cutting either
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Sneaker Net™ from Portland to KC
I volunteer to do some travel for work. It’s more secure and much easier to just ship out a NAS, fill it up, and then fly someone out to get NAS and bring it to the data center. So I got to go to Portland. It worked out so that I landed around noon, but my coworker didn’t land until 9 pm, so I got to explore. I saw some big-ass trees. Walked around the river front. Sooo many tent cities. It made me wonder if there was really a bigger homeless problem in Portland than most cities, or if they actually live better because at least they have tents?
The schedule was a little hectic. I took a 6 am flight to Dallas and then to Portland. Got the rental car. Checked in. Had a four cheese grilled cheese and Cajun tater tots at some bar. Checked out the Douglas Furs. Saw a big-ole metal syringe disposal trash can. Then went and picked up the co-worker at the airport. We had dinner at a different bar. Fish and Chips were pretty good. Actually the chips were the closest things I’ve ever had to the way the English do it, at least they looked like what I’ve seen on food network. Found a little café in an office building near the hotel and had breakfast burritos.
The actual NAS pickup took a couple hours. Longer than you’d think it would take, but it sounds like organization with this project was severely lacking 6-12 months ago. Still rebuilding it. From there is was to the airport at 2 pm, and take off at 3:45 pm. Landed in Pheniox and then on to KC. We landed at 11:30 pm. Data Center around 1 am, and then dropped my coworker off at his hotel near the airport.
It was funny, when we were boarding one of the planes one of the flight attendants yelled “how the heck did you guys get that this far!” And I replied “we bought it a ticket”, and that was that.
I will volunteer for another trip, because I enjoyed it. Although, I’m not sure how much of my enjoyment was because nothing was crowded. Like, what if I hate it next time because there will he thousands more people in my way? Time will tell, rookie beotch.
On the plane 
Big-ass trees
